Libertarian reforms for the public education system

6:22 PM,
Jul. 10, 2013

Joseph Dobrian

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Joseph Dobrian
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Not all libertarians want to completely abolish government-run schools, and even if we do, we realize that they're not going away anytime soon. The best we can do is make it easier for parents to opt their children out of government schools and simultaneously ensure that those schools focus on educating rather than indoctrinating.

The U.S. Department of Education does great harm by enforcing counterproductive policies like "No Child Left Behind," and other one-size-fits-all rules.

Get rid of that department. If we must have government schools, local boards should control them. ...